The World Cup

These are a few of my favorite World Cup things before the last match happens:

1. VILLA - VILLA -VILLA !!!

David Villa #7 of Spain - he scored a goal in almost EVERY game!

He kicks ass. But the reason I love him is because he looks like Ben Sweeney !!!! I watch him, with his little chin hair (just like Ben's) and I marvel at how good Ben is in his parrellel life as a Spanish athlete. I'm sure you're going to say "NO WAY JOSE!" but when you're watching the little guy running around, getting quick glances of him, it totally looks like Ben! Look see:

2. I liked the Cameroon uniform the best, the one when they lost to Holland. It represented their flag well and, when the camera is in the air, it looked good.

3. Donovan! Team USA actually did really well. Landon Donovan is great player and thanks to him, Dempsey and the rest of the team, USA garnered some respect from around the world - which is great since they come from a country that shows no love for soccer. Games are 90 minutes long but they add a few minutes at the end of each half depending on different things AND Donovan scored the winning goal in the 91st minute (!) against Algeria - super unexpected and super cool!

4. During the Argentina vs. Mexico game a guy on the Argentinian team, Gabriel Heinze, was celebrating a goal with his team and he hit his head into the camera man and smacked him! It was so funny to watch live (I hope the camera guy is alright.) Watch!

5. #3 on the Ghana team, Asamoah Gyan, looks so tough and hard while he's playing on the field but he cried when his team was eliminated after the game with Uruguay - I like when people surprise me.

Also they lost in the shittiest way so tears were appropriate. They played so strong against Uruguay that the game resulted in a tie (the stupid tie-breaking kicks is how they were ultimately defeated.) Uruguay was expecting to win easily and instead the Ghana team made them fight so hard for it. The Uruguay team actually got dirty too. An article I read wrote this,

"I am not here to execute Suarez*, he and his team got their lot – a red card, a penalty and a possible two-game suspension – what I’m trying to point out is that Ghana deserve kudos for rocking the two-time world champions Uruguay down to their knees. When a boxer reaches for a knife to fight instead of his fists, it’s a sign that he has been over-powered by his opponent. Ghana won somehow last night. The crying can stop."

¡¡¡¡¡¡DE ACUERDO!!!!!!!!!!!! I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!

*Suarez made an unprofessional hand-block that robbed the Ghana team of what would have been a winning goal.

6. Gerard Piqué

Not only handsome but crazy good, made a shirt of the July 7th game because it was already historical that they'd made it to that level. July 7th is Renee´s birthday so I want one of those shirts!!! Thanks Piqué...now, where to find one.

7. SHAKIRA!!! Who better to choose to make me love the World Cup - no one! I love Shakira and she loves FÚTBOL! She opened the game and she sang the official song - I get chills when I watch it. The cutest thing in the whole world just got cuter.

8. The game between Spain and Germany was a great example of why Spain is the best team, no matter what happens.

In fact, I think Germany was a better team than Holland. Keep in mind, Germany had scored four times against Australia, four times against England and four times against Argentina! Spain was up against a strong team. Germany is special too because usually a team has a few players who know how to kick goals BUT everyone on the German team knows how - that's why they always score so much! So the Spanish goalie and the spanish defence got to display how incredibly good they are - impenatrable. And Spain’s goal finally came after it spent the match doing precisely what manager Vicente del Bosque intended, "using its knack for ground passing and possession to keep the ball." SO TRUE! Here are the highlights of the best game I've seen so far:

9. Joss made the best tortilla WITH Jalepeños!! I EAT JALEPEñOS NOW! It's his masterpiece!

10. The excitement! World Cup is so fun - I'm drinking beer from South Africa...I love it. One day I´m going to go to a live game!

They are playing the anthems now SO I GOTTA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VIVA ESPAñANA!!!!